The Fox Chapel Area boys tennis team has had a great deal of success in recent years, as evidenced by the five WPIAL championships that the team has won since 2016. So, it only stands to reason that there are high expectations once again this season for Alex Slezak’s team. The season has started off pretty...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, March 30, 2024, TRIB-LIVE Ben Hallman didn’t want to coast during his senior season. When Hallman had the opportunity to compete for a singles spot with the Fox Chapel tennis team, he was happy to be locked into a competition with his fellow seniors for one of the three singles spots....Read More

Fox Chapel Area tennis coach Alex Slezak likes to find famous quotations that best reflect his messages and thoughts. When it comes to describing his own coaching philosophy, he thinks legendary NFL football coach Tom Landry said it best: “A coach’s job is to get players to do the things they don’t want to do...Read More

The Friday brothers, Cooper and Mason, don’t often team up on the tennis court, but going into the section and WPIAL tournaments, they, along with coach Alex Slezak, decided to do just that. It was not only a personal decision so the two could play together as Cooper’s high school season winds down, but also...Read More

By: Josh Rizzo Saturday, April 15, 2023, TRIB-LIVE Will Siegel’s entrance to the season for the Fox Chapel tennis team first requires him to dig his racquet out of the closet. Due to Siegel’s commitment to the Foxes basketball team, which qualified for the PIAA Class 5A tournament and had the season extend into March,...Read More